Для сообщеста Она развалилась: GORBACHEV CRITICISES GOVERNMENT

Russian/Nat The former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has sharply criticised the Russian government for sending troops to Chechnya. Leaving for the city of Novgorod on Wednesday, he told APTV that Boris Yeltsin’s administration had made a serious mistake. SOUNDBITES: (IN RUSSIAN ) 1. The Chechen question is one which concerns not only Chechens, but also the Caucasus and Russia. They should not have closed their eyes to the problem. They lost two and a half years. What they were thinking